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To paraphrase Joseph Schumpeter, the early-20th-century economist, everyone has elites; the important thing is to change them from time to time.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Most of their references are rooted in 19th- and early-20th-century Russia.
Designing Russia Alexandra Marshall 2011
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My father was an extreme optimist -- except about "the Jews": he was always suspicious of the powers that be and was sure that "they" would turn on us again, even here in the U.S. This is not surprising for the child of parents who fled the pogroms, the anti-Jewish riots of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russia, and lived through the Holocaust and World War II.
Robert Levithan: Mixed-Bag Living Robert Levithan 2011
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And someone who knows early-20th-century cars could write about Toad's automobile, and so on.
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My father was an extreme optimist -- except about "the Jews": he was always suspicious of the powers that be and was sure that "they" would turn on us again, even here in the U.S. This is not surprising for the child of parents who fled the pogroms, the anti-Jewish riots of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russia, and lived through the Holocaust and World War II.
Robert Levithan: Mixed-Bag Living Robert Levithan 2011
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My father was an extreme optimist -- except about "the Jews": he was always suspicious of the powers that be and was sure that "they" would turn on us again, even here in the U.S. This is not surprising for the child of parents who fled the pogroms, the anti-Jewish riots of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russia, and lived through the Holocaust and World War II.
Robert Levithan: Mixed-Bag Living Robert Levithan 2011
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And clearly captivated by muscular visions of the American West, judging by his collection of 650 works by 19th - and early-20th-century artists.
The Man Behind the Curtain Christopher Helman 2010
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[I] n mooring this familiar character to the unique history of early-20th-century Hawaii, Brennert portrays the Aloha State's history as complicated and dynamic -- not simply a melting pot, but a Hawaiian-style "mixed plate" in which, as Jin sagely notes, "many different tastes share the plate, but none of them loses its individual flavor, and together they make up a uniquely 'local' cuisine."
Honolulu: Summary and book reviews of Honolulu by Alan Brennert. 2009
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I've got shelves of books at home about the early-20th-century and the conservation movement beginning, and through the 20s and 30s the Trust was very involved in establishing our planning system.
Saturday interview: Fiona Reynolds, National Trust director general 2011
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My father was an extreme optimist -- except about "the Jews": he was always suspicious of the powers that be and was sure that "they" would turn on us again, even here in the U.S. This is not surprising for the child of parents who fled the pogroms, the anti-Jewish riots of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russia, and lived through the Holocaust and World War II.
Robert Levithan: Mixed-Bag Living Robert Levithan 2011
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